Es ist sein Leben

Stories by Silvio Blatter are a precious rarity. We are therefore delighted to present this volume featuring eight tales by the renowned writer. In these compelling stories, Silvio Blatter skillfully weaves together lightness and depth as he explores turning points in the lives of his characters, significant experiences, and themes of departure and farewell. His characters are haunted by coincidences and attempt to outsmart their fate with cunning, intentional forgetfulness, a thirst for adventure, or improvisation. Whether it's a birthday party thwarted by wildfires, the final journey of an elderly couple to Elvis's grave, the clever exchange game of twin brothers, the intrusion of global politics into the tranquility of Switzerland, or the painful memory of a first love abruptly lost: Silvio Blatter masterfully plays on the literary keyboard of multifaceted motives and characters. Or to put it in the words of one of his characters' special talent: he plays literary blind chess.